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This chapter prompted by Matt- all the boys get locked in the garage overnight and Jason doesn't have his insulin pen on him. His blood sugars drop and his brothers try to comfort him and help him as he gets sicker.
Chapter 34- don't worry we're here:
"What time are Jase and Robbie gonna get here?" Freddie asked Joe as he grabbed a spanner from the bench. "I don't know, they better get here soon, we need their help" Joe replied. At that moment Freddie and Joe heard the door open, both hoping that it was the twins, however sighing when they saw that it was Ziggy.
"Right then boys, coffees are here!" Ziggy exclaimed as he bounded into the garage. Cheers Zig. You haven't seen Rob or Jase on travels have ya?" Freddie asked. "Nope" Ziggy replied, taking sip from his coffee and handing one to Joe.
"Why don't you ring them?" Ziggy asked. "We have" Freddie replied, sounding annoyed. "What if they've got detention?" Ziggy asked, looking at both his older brothers. "It's a possibility" Joe said as he and Freddie hadn't thought of that.
"Yeah but Jase don't get detention" Freddie butted in. "He does when he's with Robbie" Ziggy muttered. Joe chuckled at this, thinking back to numerous times when Jason has came home complaining because Robbie had yet again got him in detention.
"Well that means they should be here in roughly 20 minutes" Joe said, looking at the clock. "They better be" Freddie grumbled. Ziggy and Joe both laughed at this; something had seriously got on his nerves.
"Why you so bothered anyways?" Ziggy asked. Freddie looked away from his brothers, avoiding their gaze. Ziggy and Joe shared a look with each other; they both knew what was going on.
"Does Freddie have a date?" Joe asked, teasing his younger brother. Freddie scowled and stopped what he was doing. "Haha, he does!" Ziggy laughed, finding it hilarious how embarrassed his brother got.
"So what if I have a date. At least I can get one" Freddie said, looking pointedly at Ziggy. Ziggy looked down and suddenly found his coffee cup extremely interesting. "Ah Fred, you know how sensitive he is about his love life!" Joe chuckled. Joe, Freddie and Ziggy all stopped their bickering when they heard loud, annoyed voices from outside.
"Jase, it wasn't my fault that you also got caught!" Robbie exclaimed. "Yes it was!" Jason shouted back, thoroughly sick of his brother. Both boys had managed to find themselves in detention after getting caught 'drawing' in the boys toilets. Well Robbie was the one drawing and Jason was just there, obviously.
The three brothers inside the garage, hide their laughter knowing they'd hear the whole story later. When Robbie and Jason burst into the garage, it was clear they were going to have a very interesting night at the Roscoe household.
"What time do you call this?" Joe asked after Robbie and Jason had entered the garage. "Don't look at me, it was his fault" Jason said, eyeing up his twin brother. "It wasn't my fault that you were there Jason!" Robbie exclaimed, truly sick of his twin brother.
"Right, well now tweedle dum and tweedle dee have returned I can head out now" Freddie said, putting the spanner down on the bench, talking off his overalls and grabbing his jacket. "Right I will see you later" Freddie said, going to head out.
However when Freddie tried to open the door, he couldn't. Freddie frowned and tried again but still nothing. He went to try and open the closed shutter, but then remembered how that was already jammed shut.
"Which one of you two idiots has locked this door?" Freddie asked, turning back round to look at the twins. Robbie and Jason frowned. "Wasn't me" they both said at the same. "Well it won't open so one of you has locked it; I don't care who but can you please open it!" Freddie snarled.
Joe sighed and grabbed his keys out of his pocket before walking over to the door. He stepped in front of Freddie and unlocked the door. Well he tried to open the door, except the door wouldn't open.
"Why won't it open?" Freddie asked. Joe tried again and again but the door wouldn't budge. "It's jammed shut' Joe said. "How?" Ziggy asked, walking over to where his two older brothers were. Ziggy tried to open it but still the door wouldn't budge. At that the moment the elder three Roscoes turned to look at the younger two.
"What?" The twins asked at the same time. "The door is jammed shut" Freddie growled. "What's that got to do with us?" Robbie asked, not connecting the dots. "You and Jason were the last ones to enter the garage, therefore the last ones to shut the door" Joe explained.
"We didn't jam it!" Jason exclaimed. "Well one of you did!" Freddie shouted. "Just calm down" Ziggy said, wanting to get to the bottom of the problem without someone being injured. "Me and Robbie did not jam the door" Jason clarified.
"Well why won't it open then?" Freddie asked no one in particular, turning around to again try and open the door. "Look Fred, just accept it, we're locked in" Joe said as he walked back over to the office and sat down. "Now what are we supposed to do?" Robbie asked, the boredom of having to stay in the garage finally settling in. "Shut up Robbie" Freddie snarled, truly sick of his younger brother.
"What kind of food do you we have?" Ziggy asked. Joe looked around in the cupboards and the mini fridge that they had. "Erm, we've got some biscuits, crisps, cereal bars, milk and then tea and coffee" Joe said.
At that moment Jason realised that he'd left his insulin at home, expecting to be home on time instead of having to deal with this nonsense. He looked around in his school bag, he found the one that he used at school however it was empty.
He silently cursed under his breath. He ignored whatever pathetic thing his brothers were arguing about now and walked over to where the emergency insulin was normally kept in the garage. He looked around the cupboard, sighing when he couldn't find it.
"You alright Jase?" Joe asked, watching his youngest brother from where he was sitting. Jason's face paled and he felt his stomach churn. What was he supposed to tell his brothers? Jason turned round to face his brothers.
"Jase what's wrong?" Robbie asked, sensing his twin brother's discomfort. "Erm do we have any spare insulin shots? Jason asked, looking down at the ground. "Don't think so, the emergency one was used a few weeks back" Joe said and Jason sighed.
"Jase, what's happened?" Freddie asked, his overprotective big brother coming out. Jason looked down at the floor, avoiding his brother's gaze. "Jason what's wrong?" Joe asked sternly. Jason looked up to see all his brothers were looking at him know.
"I don't have any insulin" he muttered quietly. Although it wasn't that quiet. Joe sighed; could today get any worse. "You don't have any at all?" Freddie asked. Jason shook his head. "Jase man!" Ziggy exclaimed. "What?" Jason replied.
"You have to be more responsible" Ziggy said. "I am responsible, I've got one waiting at home for me because this morning, how was I supposed to that I would get dragged into detention and stuck in a garage!" Jason shouted, mainly glaring at Robbie.
"How many times Jason, it wasn't my fault you got detention!" Robbie shouted back, taking a step towards his twin. "Knock it off" Joe said, more worried about how they were going to get out of the garage rather than how they got in.
"Fred have you rang Mum?" Joe asked. Freddie shook his head. "I'll get on to it now" he replied before walking a few steps away from his brothers. "You two" Joe said looking at the twins, "do not start anything." Robbie and Jason both nodded.
They could both feel each other's fear. They both knew what would happen when Jason missed his insulin shot; they'd seen it happen. They both knew what it could lead to, how ill Jason would get; how terrified they both get. All of the brothers knew what would happen in the next few hours they didn't get out the garage soon.
"No, she's not answering, she must be on a shift" Freddie said as he walked back over to his brothers. "What do we do now?" Ziggy asked, trying to hide the uncertainty in his voice but failing.
Joe sighed, they wasn't much they could except wait. However one of them couldn't wait very long. All of his brothers were looking at him, as usual they were expecting him to know what to do because he normally did; this time though, he didn't know what to do.
"I guess we have to wait" Joe said, hating the words that were coming out of his mouth. "But we can't wait" Robbie said, concern for Jason growing. "We'll we're gonna have to unless you have a way to get out of here?" Joe questioned harshly.
Robbie rolled his eyes before pulling Jason to sit down on the small sofa in the office. Joe looked at Freddie and Ziggy as if he was asking for help, except both brothers shook their heads.
3 hours later
The Roscoes has been stuck in the garage for just over 3 hours and the changes of someone coming to help them were getting slimmer by the second. Robbie was still sat with Jason on the sofa, watching as Jason got progressively worse.
The other brothers were either pacing or trying to keep themselves busy, without having to look at Jason. Not because they didn't care but because they felt guilty; especially Joe. All of the brothers could already hear the gasps of Jason's dry mouth and they knew it wouldn't be long until he had a full hyperglymia episode.
Freddie was sick of the silence by now and felt bad for shouting at Jason earlier. He decided that he couldn't sit in silence any longer and tried to make conversation with Jason. "So you spotted any fit birds at school?"
Jason looked at Freddie and smirked before swallowing in his already dry mouth. "There's this one girl" Jason said, not looking either Freddie or Robbie. "Oh yeah, who's this?" Robbie asked, catching onto Freddie's idea and playing along.
"Just some nice girl who I've passed in the corridor a few times" Jason replied smiling. Except his throat was killing him and his mouth was so dry he couldn't actually swallow. This was when Jason first felt the urge to go to the toilet; he knew he would have this urge all night. Robbie put his arm over Jason's shoulder, pulling his twin brother in towards him as if to protect him from what was to come.
All of the other brothers noticed this and knew that it would be them doing that at some point during the night. Freddie still continued to talk to Jason, except after half an hour Freddie was running out of things to say and it was obvious Jason was starting to get restless.
"Can I have a drink?" Jason asked, his voice scratchy. Robbie looked to Joe for an answer. Joe sighed and thought for a minute. Jason was thirsty but then Joe knew that he was also feeling the need to go to the toilet.
Joe shook his head, not because he wanted to but because he had to. The minute Jason has anything to drink that's it, he would drink it all then he would constantly be needing the toilet and thirsty all night; Joe didn't know if he could face that.
Robbie whispered the answer in Jason's ear and Joe could hear Jason moaning and protesting. It broke Joe's heart.
2 hours later: 10pm
Jason was getting worse and Robbie wasn't sure whether he could sit with his brother much longer. It wasn't that he didn't care or that he couldn't be bothered, it was that he couldn't watch his brother in pain anymore.
Robbie looked to Freddie with a pleading look. It took Freddie a minute to work out what Robbie was asking but when he did, Freddie nodded walking over to where Robbie was. "Thanks" Robbie whispered as he stood up from Jason.
"Robbie?" Jason questioned, his voice hoarse. "Alright, alright" Freddie said as he sat down where Robbie had been. Robbie sent a small smile at Freddie, thanking him as he was allowed to stretch his legs.
As Freddie sat down with Jason, he noticed how tired Jason was. His whole body was drenched with fatigue. "Come on Jase, you gotta stay awake" Freddie said, taping his cheek lightly knowing what could happen if Jason did 'fall asleep'.
"Thirsty" Jason muttered as he leaned against his older brother's side. "I know Jase, I know" Freddie said. He so wanted to give Jason a drink, except he knew Joe would kick off with him. Although, since when did Freddie care what Joe thought?
Freddie quickly moved from Jason, careful not to let the younger one fall and grabbed a water bottle from the desk in the office. He sat back next to Jason and open the bottle of water for Jason. He brought it up to Jason's lips and he watched as his brother greedily gulped down the water.
"Fred man!" Ziggy exclaimed walking into the office. He, Joe and Robbie were making themselves busy by going through all of the tools in the garage. "What?" Freddie asked, still holding the water bottle for Jason who was catching his breath.
"You know that Joe's gonna blow his horn when he sees this?" Ziggy asked. "Well he's not gonna find out is he" Freddie whispered. "You better hope he doesn't" Ziggy said before walking back out.
4 hours later: 2am
This time the boys knew it was make or break for Jason. He was just getting sicker and sicker; no thanks to Freddie. "Fred, I told ya not to let him drink!" Joe shouted at Freddie who was still sitting with a pale and tried Jason on the sofa.
"He was desperate Joe" Freddie reasoned but it wasn't working. "Yes I know he was desperate but he needs the toilet now and in case you haven't noticed this garage doesn't have a toilet" Joe said, sometimes he hated being the eldest.
"Well he could just go..." Freddie trailed off realising that Jason couldn't actually go outside. "Exactly" Joe said, knowing that the penny had finally dropped for Freddie. "Look I don't to argue with you, I don't have the energy, just keep him awake" Joe said, gesturing to Jason before walking out the office.
"You hear that Jase, you gotta stay awake" Freddie said as he ran a hand through his little brother's sweaty hair. Jason just groaned but Freddie knew he was awake. Freddie would never let on to his brothers how much he loved them but truth be told he would do anything for his family; anything.
"Fred, I'm thirsty" Jason whispered as he tapped Freddie's other arm that wasn't around his shoulders. Freddie sighed, he should have seen this coming. "Sorry Jase, but I ain't got anything to give us" Freddie replied regrettably.
"Anyways I want to hear more on this girl you telling me about earlier" Freddie said, hoping to take his brother's mind of everything and keep him awake. "She's nice" Jason said, his throat burning.
"Nice! Jase she has to be more than nice; you're a Roscoe we only go for the best" Freddie said, getting a small smile from his brother; that's all he wanted. "Oh she's the best" Jason said, enjoying the company of Freddie.
2 hours later: 4am
This time it was Ziggy sitting with Jason as Joe had kicked Freddie off the sofa to help him out while Ziggy had a rest. "You know Jase, I've started using a different hair product on my hair and I think it's made it shinier" Ziggy commented as Jason leaned into his side.
"Zig you're supposed be keeping him awake not sending him to sleep" Robbie said as he walked into the office to pick up some paperwork for Joe. "Alright Rob, I'm just having casual conversation with the boy" Ziggy said as he ruffled Jason's hair.
"Rob" Jason whispered. "Yeah Jase?" Robbie asked. "Feel sick" Jason replied. Robbie looked at Ziggy and the two shared a knowing look. "I know Jase" Robbie said sympathetically; there was nothing else he could say.
"I need the toilet" Jason groaned, his body so tired that he was unable to move from Ziggy. "Just hold on a bit longer" Ziggy said, sensing that Robbie couldn't stand to see his twin brother like this. Robbie shot Ziggy a smile before walking back out the office.
When Jason didn't respond Ziggy looked down to see that Jason had his eyes closed. "No Jase, come on, you gotta stay awake" Ziggy said, tapping his brother's cheek. Jason opened his eyes and let out a pained groan. This broke Ziggy's heart.
"Ziggy" Jason moaned. He was exhausted, his entire body felt like it was about to break. His vision blurred, his throat was burning and his mouth was so dry. He felt like his bladder was about to explode but he didn't have the energy to move. Why did he have to get detention!
"I know Jase, I know" Ziggy said, rubbing Jason's arm with his hand. "You don't" Jason said weakly. This hit Ziggy hard. His little brother was in pain and like the rest of the Roscoes he wanted to make it to away but he couldn't.
"I know that Jase and if I could make it go away, then I would" Ziggy said. He waited for a response but when he didn't get one Ziggy knew what had happened. "Come on Jase, stay awake. Not long now" Ziggy said as he shook his brother lightly. He just hoped his words were true.
2 hours later: 6am
Joe was sitting with Jason now after Ziggy was complaining of back ache and how his neck was hurting. Joe was tempted to just leave Ziggy sitting with Jason but then decided that he was the only one that hadn't spent any time with Jason and then his overprotective brother came out to play.
He was stroking Jason's hair trying to soothe the already ill and agitated boy but not trying to send him off to sleep. Joe felt bad; he felt guilty. He was the one who had inform everyone that they'd be spending the night in the garage and therefore informing Jason that he was just going to get sicker.
"I'm sorry" Joe said as he gently kissed the top of Jason's head. Jason just moaned from the major discomfort he was in. Joe sighed, it reminded him from when the twins were younger; when they were all younger.
The times when Jason was ill or couldn't sleep. He'd come downstairs and sit with Joe while Sandy tried to get the rest of the boys in the bath and off to bed. Joe would either talk to him or read him story and normally that would make a young Jason feel much better. Except this time Jason wasn't 8 years old.
Joe looked at the clock and it read 6:30am. Sandy finished work at 7am so hopefully that would be when she would read her phone and find many missed calls from her sons. "You awake there Jase?" Joe asked gently. Jason slowly nodded his head, trying not to blur his vision anymore than what it was.
"Good cos I think that within the next hour we're gonna have you out of here" Joe said, disguising the concern in his voice with hope. "You can hang on until then can't ya" Joe said encouragingly.
Half an hour later Joe knew that Jason was clutching at straws. He was just so exhausted and his body couldn't handle it. As suspected Sandy has rang as soon as she'd finished work, Freddie had explained the situation to her and she was her way a long with some insulin for Jason.
"Just five more minutes Jase, come on" Joe said encouragingly. Although he knew that Jason wouldn't last that long. Joe kept talking to Jason for the next 5 minutes in a desperate attempt to keep him awake however he knew it was a waste of time. Jason had already slipped under.
"Right Freddie when's mum gonna get here?" Joe asked as he lifted an unconscious Jason into his arms and walked out the office to his brothers. "What's happened?" Robbie asked, rushing right over to Joe and Jason.
Before Joe could reply someone was banging on the door. "Boys!" Came the distinctive shout of Sandy Roscoe. "We're in here Mum!" Ziggy shouted walking over to the door. "How's Jason?" Sandy asked. "He's unconscious Mum" Ziggy replied.
Sandy's heart skipped a beat. "How long has he been unconscious?" Sandy asked. "A couple of minutes" Ziggy said. "Right Ziggy listen to me, I've got Darren coming down to help me he'll be here in a couple of minutes" Sandy explained.
With that Ziggy moved back to his brothers who had put Jason into the recovery position. "Mum said that Darren's gonna be here in a few minutes so then they should get us out" Ziggy explained. "Good" Joe replied as he looked down at Jason's still form with Robbie sitting right next to him.
Ten minutes later Sandy and Darren had got in the garage and Sandy had given Jason an insulin shot. He'd woken up briefly but was still a bit groggy. "Right I'm going to him to the hospital the rest of you can go home and get some rest" Sandy instructed.
The boys looked like they wanted to protest but the tone of Sandy s voice told them otherwise. "Alright then, we'll see you at home Mum" Ziggy said, kissing Sandy on the cheek before walking out the garage. The three other Roscoe boys all did the same as Ziggy then it was just Sandy, Darren and Jason.
"Do you me to left him?" Darren asked. "Yeah please, love" Sandy replied gratefully as Darren lifted up Jason and took him out to the car.
4 hours later: 11am
"Right you upstairs to bed" Sandy said as her and Jason arrived home. The hospital had given Jason fluids, monitored his insulin and blood sugar then gave him the all clear. "How is he?" Joe asked as he into the hall from the kitchen. "He'll live" Sandy replied walking past Joe into the kitchen.
"Here Mum" Joe said handing her a cup of tea. "Thanks love" Sandy said as she sat down at the table. "You're gonna need a new door" Sandy commented as Joe joined her. "I know" Joe said chuckling. "The others sleeping?" Sandy asked. "Yep" Joe replied.
I'm proud of you" Sandy said. "I'm proud of all of you."
Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed, please review and let me know any prompts you have :)
Next chapter prompted by Aleksandria- Sandy never left the village and her brother comes to live with them. The family find out later on that he's been abusing Jason since he was little. Then Joe goes after him and Jason starts to relapse and feels guilty cos he feels like it was his fault he got abused and then all the brothers comfort Jason and try to show him it's not his fault. Robbie feels guilty too cos he feels like he should of protected his twin and realised what was going on.